I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
A recent economic forecast for northern Michigan listed mining jobs as one of the potential bright spots in the economy. But the recent economic shakeup has slowed global demand for metals, and Rio Tinto, the company that is trying to develop a nickel and copper mine in Michigan, has stated that the slowdown has caused it to reconsider planned expansions.
In “Slow economy put mines in a hole” the Salt Lake Tribune adds some details, reporting that the sharp decline in metal prices over the past few months means that about 30 percent of nickel mines are no longer profitable and that another global mining corporation, Xstrata PLC, plans to close two nickel mines in Northern Ontario.
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